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Frankfurt, Sep 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Frankfurt, Germany. He will leave for the United States today. On his arrival in New York today, the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio will call on him at Hotel New York Palace where he will be staying till Sunday. Prime Minister Modi will begin his day with paying tributes at the 9/11 Memorial and museum, followed by meeting United Nations Chief Ban Ki Moon at UN Headquarters. The Prime Minister will address the 69th session of United Nations general Assembly, UNGA, at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Indian Standard Time. The UNGA session's theme this year is about delivering and implementing a transformative Post-2015 development agenda.Sep 26, 2014

New York, Sep 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj after meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi said that China will begin withdrawing its troops to its normal positions from September 26th and be completed by September 30. She further said that India-China relations had gone through a "bad phase", but now, things were on the mend. The foreign minister-level talks were held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.Sep 26, 2014

Mumbai / New Delhi, Sept 26 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke 15-year old alliance with Congress to fight the Maharashtra assembly polls single handed. NCP leader Praful Patel informed media persons that the party will fight independently in the coming assembly elections. Meanwhile, senior Congress party leader Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that the party will take the decision after reviewing the issue.Sep 26, 2014

US President Barack Obama said at a United Nations meeting that not enough was being done to tackle the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa and called for more international aid. Duration: 00:50Sep 26, 2014

Italy's floating city is abuzz, with Hollywood stars and the world's paparazzi descending by gondola for the event of the year: George Clooney's wedding to Amal Alamuddin, his British fiancee. Duration: 00:53cSep 26, 2014

Pro-Russian guerrillas brushed off Kiev's offer to hold local council elections in rebel-held parts of Russian-speaking east Ukraine and announced plans to set up their own parliaments in self-organised November 2 polls. Duration: 01:17Sep 26, 2014

The head of a British Muslim group praised by US President Barack Obama is an ex-jihadist in a gritty London neighbourhood who tries to sway young minds against radicalism by whatever means possible -- including Twitter.Sep 26, 2014

Sierra Leone on Thursday began a quarantine of more than one million people in the largest open-ended lockdown in the Ebola outbreak. The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali have been closed off indefinitely.Sep 25, 2014

Mumbai, Sep 25 (ANI): Addressing a press conference, post BJP’s core committee meeting, BJP on Thursday declared that the alliance with Shiv Sena is officially over. BJP Maharashtra President Devendra Fadnavis said that Shiv Sena was adamant about its proposal which was unacceptable to the party. He said that BJP has made its alliance with Shiv Sangram, RSP and SSS. Meanwhile, BJP leader Eknath Khadse said that many proposals were discussed with the party and keeping in view the time constraint in front of the party, BJP has decided to break the alliance with its 25 years old ally. Khadse said that BJP will now get ready to fight alone against Congress and make Maharashtra ‘congress-free’.Sep 25, 2014

New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): Chief of India’s naval staff Admiral RK Dhowan said on Thursday that joint efforts from industries, ship builders and foreign collaborators is required to have indigenous production of warships. He said in the past five decades, India’s growing maritime self-reliance facilitated the greater recognition of the role that India plays in providing stability in the region of Indian Ocean. Dhowan, during an event to commemorate the golden jubilee of indigenous warship design and construction at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bhawan in New Delhi, urged collaborators to synergise efforts for making warships in India. He also said that the navy was monitoring Chinese movement in Indian Ocean and was ready to tackle any untoward situation.Sep 25, 2014